Go Wild, Go Birding! Highlights

Thank you partners and sponsors! We documented 485 events for Spring IMBD events this year. Enjoy the highlights sent to us by IMBD partners. Please share your favorite highlights. We love to know what you've done to celebrate IMBD. Send pictures to Hilary Chapman.

{besps}2011Highlights|caps=1{/besps}{besps_c}0|BLM-New-MexicoFaceMasks.jpg|Beautiful bird masks made by kids from Grants, New Mexico{/besps_c}{besps_c}0|Boulder_WalkontheWildside.jpg|Partners in Boulder, Colorado held their first Walk on the Wildside Walkathon!{/besps_c}{besps_c}0|diadelnino_1.jpg|The USDA Forest Service, El Valor, and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum presented bird related activities to children in Early Head Start, Head Start, Conductive Education, and Youth Enrichment Programs.The activities ended with 3 community parades. {/besps_c}{besps_c}0|diadelnino_2.jpg|A young child shows off his spiffy bird costume. {/besps_c}{besps_c}0|diadelnino_3.jpg|These kids are ready to march in the parade. {/besps_c}{besps_c}0|diadelnino_5.jpg|The owls join the parade. {/besps_c}{besps_c}0|diadelnino_6.jpg|{/besps_c}{besps_c}0|diadelnino_7.jpg|Let the parade begin! {/besps_c}{besps_c}0|mcclungmuseum_blackandwhitewarbler.jpg|For IMBD, the Frank H. McClung Museum of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville will exhibit John James Audubon's plates that feature birds that migrate through or to East Tennessee. This plate is a black and white warbler. {/besps_c}{besps_c}0|mcclungmuseum_chuckillswidow.jpg|This plate features Chuck-will's-widows. The exhibit will be on display through October 16, 2011. {/besps_c}{besps_c}0|mcclungmuseum_indigobunting.jpg|This plate features indigo buntings. {/besps_c}

{besps_c}0|mtdiscovery_2.jpg|Many partners collaborated to celebrate IMBD at the Montana Discovery Museum in Helena, Montana. One activity invited kids to paint a bird. {/besps_c}{besps_c}0|mtdiscovery_3.jpg|This creative activity featured a ring toss following the migratory routes of selected birds. {/besps_c}{besps_c}0|mtdiscovery_5.jpg|With the help of volunteers, participants built bird houses to take home.{/besps_c}{besps_c}0|mtdiscovery_6.jpg|A beautiful display of the bird paintings completed by visitors.{/besps_c}{besps_c}0|mtdiscovery_7.jpg|Woodsy owl from the USDA Forest Service visits with a young child. {/besps_c}{besps_c}0|mtdiscovery_8.jpg|A young girl build's a bird at a display. {/besps_c}{besps_c}0|mtdiscovery_9.jpg|The blue goose, the symbol for the National Wildlife Refuge System of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, visits for IMBD. {/besps_c}

{besps_c}0|queencity2.jpg|At the Queen City festival, kids participated in many activities including "Fill the Bill" and "Bird Feet Are Neat."{/besps_c}

{besps_c}0|queencity3.jpg|Kids made bird masks and owl puppets at the Queen City Festival. {/besps_c}

{besps_c}0|queencity4.jpg|Keynote speaker Doug Feist, from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, brought a cattle egret and other bird species to educator visitors at the Queen City Festival. {/besps_c}

{besps_c}0|queencity5.jpg|Doug Feist also brought Charlie, a black-footed penguin, that stole the show. {/besps_c}

{besps_c}0|brookfieldwi_3.jpg|Brookfield, Wisonsin held its first IMBD event. Despite the cold and rain, some hardy souls enjoyed children's crafts, bird walks and snacks. Enthusiastic volunteers include these Girl Scouts and Mayor Ponto. {/besps_c}